Carousel of Progress exterior refurbishment

[MagicHappens1971]

I heard the building will also have led lights that will change color? Any truth to that?

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Now it will be easier than ever to keep tabs on the future

 

[Baloo62]

Is it just me, or does it look like the red sections need a second coat of paint?

 

[RSoxNo1]

I'm liking it. Now if they can update the interior...

 

[prfctlyximprct]

I really like it! There's a great big colorful tomorrow shining at the end of every day!

 

[KikoKea]

Is it just me, or does it look like the red sections need a second coat of paint?

I was thinking the same thing about several areas.

 

[theRIOT]

It's so nice to the old carousel theater getting some exterior love.
(Prays to the gods of pixie dust the TLC moves indoors next)

 

[Figments Friend]

There has been recent talk about finally working on interior scenes....including the finale.
There is a desire to update / refresh it, but you know how the ol' story goes.....
" budget, time, etc..."

I really like the new paint job.
I'm not at all sad to see those teal /orange/ yellow gears go away.
This looks modern, yet 'retro' all at once.
The new lighting and landscaping looks nice too.
Must be even better in person.

If the rumored 'moving LED lights' are installed, I would assume these would be used to recreate the 'revolving building' effect.
Similar to what was done at the New York Worlds Fair....creating the illuminated illusion that the building is in constant 'motion'.
Could be a nice touch if done well.
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[daguru]

I'm liking it. Now if they can update the interior...

Saw it in person this weekend and most of the sections look like they need a second coat. I think they are going to do multiple coats, which will probably happen. Seems like they only have a few hours a night to paint, so this will be a slow and stead type change/update...

 

[WEDwaydatamover]

I'm really liking the new color scheme.

I am a Walt Disney World purist at heart, but I would really like the show updated and even maybe a radical show change all together. But only if it was given a real red carpet treatment. I can feel the villagers torches...

I would like to see them go from the turn of the last century, to the 1950s, to the Walt Disney World 1975 version, to a very distant future with a 3D Hologram (Grandpa on a beach in Honolulu) checking in on Christmas Day... I can wish.

 

[marni1971]

Seems like they only have a few hours a night to paint, so this will be a slow and stead type change/update...

Well, they do have to walk with it every four minutes....

 

[dstrawn9889]

that would be

I'm really liking the new color scheme.

I am a Walt Disney World purist at heart, but I would really like the show updated and even maybe a radical show change all together. But only if it was given a real red carpet treatment. I can feel the villagers torches...

I would like to see them go from the turn of the last century, to the 1950s, to the Walt Disney World 1975 version, to a very distant future with a 3D Hologram (Grandpa on a beach in Honolulu) checking in on Christmas Day... I can wish.

i would call "SHnenanigans'

---man i gotta go home and get my broom

 

[Horizons78]

Well, they do have to walk with it every four minutes....

All I can picture is the work crews over and over moving and getting ready to paint at exactly 3:59...

"All right boys, brushes up annnnd......Sonuva.....ok pack it up."

 

[DVC91]

Well it's a great, big, beautiful 2004

 

[WEDwaydatamover]

And so if we're going to update the show we need to update the show for future generations.

This means 20 or 30 years down the line.

Disney doesn't think modern humans can handle 16 minutes of the Tiki Room or the Country Bears right now so shave it down to 12 minutes. Keep it dumb and quick. If this holds true let's apply it to the Carousel of Progress. If we apply this theory in another 20 years this will be the next gate stormer E-Ticket.

The building will be spinning faster than Mission Space. The painters will never keep up with the next design.

 

[180º]

The building will be spinning faster than Mission Space. The painters will never keep up with the next design.

Pity for the show, but imagine the outstanding hourly ridership – Several hundreds of thousands of guests per hour!

 

[EOD K9]

This is interesting to see what the complete paint job will be since I'm trying to interpret what it is... will the colors continue to show something like the colors of the day in the sky and how its shifts throughout the day? Or just some random colors that somewhat go with each other that the Glidden people put together with Imagineers. *shrugs*

The effect they want is that when the building gets up to a certain speed, you will be able to see a Mickey Mouse short being displayed.

 

[prberk]

I am on board with everyone else: I like the new/old paint scheme. It is properly Tomorrowland, I think.

I remember when Roy E. Disney's "Save Disney" website featured pics of the classic Tomorrowland with clean lines and lots of "white white" paint. It looked sharp, and I think this will, too, with the extra coats of paint.

 

[Mad Stitch]

Well, they do have to walk with it every four minutes....

All I can picture is the work crews over and over moving and getting ready to paint at exactly 3:59...

"All right boys, brushes up annnnd......Sonuva.....ok pack it up."

Na, I picture the painters with one of these, and the painter stays in one place as the theater rotates underneath the roller.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Found this picture today on facebook, it's going to say "Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress" and have "little details", not sure what they meant by that though